General Houdini Questions

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1. FBX import

   By ntkirby, August 20, 2025
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   • ntkirby
   • 7 hours ago

2. OTIS BUG???

   By gregjenings, Saturday at 03:20 AM
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   • gregjenings
   • Saturday at 03:20 AM

3. Why does 'addpoint' work in a Volume Vop but not a Volume Wrangle?

   By richard_mcd_green, February 28
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   • richard_mcd_green
   • March 1

4. Break a Chain

   By Janus, February 25
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   • Janus
   • February 26

5. Find shortest path linked with Dijkstra’s Algorithm?

   By LUCAM, January 12
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   • Darjeeling
   • February 10

6. I want to add a color value to the point movement using the Bland node.

   By jisun, January 14
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   • Darjeeling
   • February 10

7. I want to transfer data from Houdini to Maya.

   By jisun, January 16
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   • Darjeeling
   • February 10

8. unstable helicopter rotors animation (rotation in transform node)

   By Coz_y_not, February 3
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   • tamagochy
   • February 4

9. RenderMan render-time displacement not respected by Asset Instancer

   By nehal, February 1   

   • solaris
   • usd
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     • usd
     • renderman
     • displacement
     • instancing
     • asset-instancer
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   • nehal
   • February 1

10. Windows crashes when rendering Karma GPU

    By Kevin Gillen, January 28
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    • Librarian
    • January 28

11. Dripping wall (surface tension drips but veritcal only)

    By caskal, January 26
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    • Librarian
    • January 26

12. isn't a particle simulation supposed to be single threaded? why does it look multi-threaded?

    By Coz_y_not, January 20
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    • Darjeeling
    • January 22

13. Wedge combination (min, max) - SOLVED

    By Coz_y_not, January 19
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    • Coz_y_not
    • January 20

14. karma dicing, ocean render-time displacement single threaded?

    By Coz_y_not, January 12   

    • ocean
    • karma rendering
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      • karma rendering
      • dicing
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    • Coz_y_not
    • January 12

15. It seems to displace the ocean whenever it feels like it, bug?

    By Coz_y_not, January 10
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    • tamagochy
    • January 12

16. points refuse to get sorted by X! (hip attached)

    By Coz_y_not, January 10
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    • Alain2131
    • January 10

17. Ocean Displacement Distance From Camera [SOLVED]

    By GlennimusPrime, October 1, 2024
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    • Niltonn22
    • January 9

18. ROP Fetch TOP — Wedge Caching Based on Per-Piece Frame Range

    By Ultraman, January 2
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    • Ultraman
    • January 6

19. Help set up the behavior of the crowd that attacks the moving ball.

    By bs796, January 4   

    • crowds
    • crowd
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    • bs796
    • January 4

20. How to batch export curves into single DXF file

    By ikatz001, December 28, 2025
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    • ikatz001
    • December 31, 2025

21. opengl (ropnet) flipbook not only 1 cam but 4x4 viewport

    By Coz_y_not, December 26, 2025   

    • flipbook
    • opengl rop
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    • Coz_y_not
    • December 26, 2025

22. Funky UV seams after uv promote from geo to grains to geo

    By AlexanderFaes, December 26, 2025   

    • grains
    • vellum grain
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      • vellum grain
      • vellum
      • uvs
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    • AlexanderFaes
    • December 26, 2025

23. flipbook with simulation time

    By nikosgr00, June 12, 2018   

    • time system time
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    • GlennimusPrime
    • December 19, 2025

24. How to separate fields from same sim? Dopimportfields mixes floats & vectors leading to ridiculous storage cost and longer geo save time

    By Coz_y_not, December 14, 2025
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    • haggi
    • December 18, 2025

25. How to constrain a camera to a SOP point for orientation as well as position?

    By RT_SD, December 9, 2025
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    • RT_SD
    • December 9, 2025